Gardening Day

Hi everybody -

I would like you to get ready for the BIG GARDENING DAY! I found a great website to help us all learn about gardening, and before Saturday I'd like you to do these things:

1. look at this page

I'm sending you on a mission to find out about soil! Read the first page and click on "Case Brief" to find out our goals and some ideas about soil. Continue with "Facts of the Case", and read through the next couple of pages. Stop after you read "Mysteries: Take a Closer Look. What is Soil?"

You don't have to print anything out - Doug will ask you some questions about what you have learned when you see him on Saturday.

ABOUT SATURDAY:

Please meet at the usual place in Ropponmatsu. Doug will organize you for a map-reading adventure to Provenzanos' house! When you arrive at Provenzanos', you'll get started with the gardening. Moms and Dads, please drop kids off in Ropponmatsu, but pick them up at Provenzanos' place around 12:00. You can bring a bento to eat at our house after gardening, if you like.

THINGS TO BRING:
- Shoes to wear in the garden (rubber boots are best)
- Working gloves
- A shovel if you have one
- A bento and a drink if you plan to stay for lunch

I'm sorry I won't be around to help! Have a good time and I'll see you in two weeks.

P.S. The biography project is ON HOLD till next week when I get back. You don't have to work on it UNLESS you haven't done your outline yet.

P.P.S. When I see you again, I hope to read TWO journal entries!! Thanks!